Stories for week of March 01, 2026

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Saturday, Mar. 7

 Irish bishops say people of the Middle East are ‘experiencing an unjust war’
 El Paso diocese files for bankruptcy
 For fifth time, Vatican overturns Buffalo bishop’s closing of a church
 San Diego Chaldean bishop arrested at airport, jailed, charged with embezzlement
 Pope appoints Archbishop Caccia as new apostolic nuncio to United States
 Chaldean Catholic church buildings in Iraq damaged in attack
 Archbishop opens late teenager’s beatification cause
 Holy See: Women must be at the heart of the digital transformation of the Americas
 Vatican diplomat laments desecration of cemeteries
 Italian bishops declare day of prayer, fasting for peace
 Pope calls for transparent, respectful journalism
 Nigerian bishops meet with Pontiff
 Papal preacher, in first Lenten sermon, preaches on conversion, humility
 Italian journalist, in Vatican newspaper, rues demographic collapse
 Franciscan friar describes ‘terrifying night’ in Jerusalem
 Vatican newspaper condemns airstrike on Iranian elementary school

Released Friday, Mar. 6

 Cardinal Zen urges SSPX to trust Pope Leo
 Cardinal Cupich: Legitimacy of US attacks on Iran is ‘very questionable’
 Pope, in video, prays that leaders ‘abandon projects of death’
 Bishops criticize EU’s decision to fund abortion travel
 Pontiff congratulates world’s oldest priest on his 110th birthday
 Pope Leo meets with authors of book on Latin Mass in US
 Lebanon’s bishops appeal for peace
 Pope, Singapore’s president discuss AI, interfaith understanding
 Nigerian diocese says electric spark was cause of fire that destroyed cathedral
 ‘The Pope’s voice carries great weight,’ Austrian president says following papal audience
 Man pleads guilty to bringing explosives to DC cathedral

Released Thursday, Mar. 5

 Pope ‘cannot comment’ on Jimmy Lai’s imprisonment
 Rhode Island attorney general issues abuse report
 Church in Singapore reports largest number of converts in a decade
 Fire destroys Nigerian cathedral
 Hindu mob vandalizes, desecrates Catholic church in Odisha
 Cardinal Cupich, Orthodox prelate meet with Pontiff
 Bishop of Arab states calls for ceasefire, asks all Christians to pray for peace
 Cardinal Parolin condemns killing of civilians, decries preventive war
 Bishops condemn massacre of civilians in South Sudan
 Religious sisters call for prayer, fasting, action for peace
 Jerusalem abbot describes missile attacks, reflects on war
 Pope pays tribute to St. Casimir’s Marian devotion
 International Theological Commission ponders meaning of man in ‘posthuman’ age
 The Church has human and divine dimensions, Pope says in audience on Vatican II

Released Wednesday, Mar. 4

 Minnesota archdiocese reports 54% increase in conversions
 Asia’s bishops call for Middle East ceasefire, warn of ‘incalculable’ human consequences
 Cardinal Parolin says military chaplains should help form consciences
 Pope, in comments to reporters, renews peace appeal
 Caribbean bishops lament US fuel blockade’s effects on Cuban people
 Synod releases study-group reports on online engagement, revisions to priestly formation
 ‘Missiles are flying over our heads’: bishops describe Israeli invasion of Lebanon
 Bishop pays tribute to modern martyrs of Yemen on 10th anniversary
 Vatican newspaper editor asks of Iran conflict: How far? How long?

Released Tuesday, Mar. 3

 Disarmament is a ‘moral imperative,’ Vatican diplomat says
 London-area dioceses report largest Easter convert groups in 15 years
 India’s bishops plead for peace
 US bishops back human-trafficking legislation
 Amid Iranian attacks, situation in Kuwait ‘worsening day by day,’ nuncio warns
 Remain calm and united in prayer, bishop urges faithful of Arab states
 Vatican hosts seminar on AI and ethics
 Pope has not ruled out visit to Malta, nation’s president says following audience
 ‘Theology serves to proclaim the Gospel,’ Pope tells theologians
 Listen to Jesus and be willing to risk new decisions, Pope preaches

Released Monday, Mar. 2

 Pope, in parish visit, urges prayer for peace, warns against individualistic spirituality
 Previously unpublished letter reveals Benedict XVI’s reflections on prayer, future of faith
 Indian archbishop establishes transgender ministry
 WCC leaders, Pontiff agree that Christian faith should not be instrumentalized for political purposes
 Safeguard the balance between charism and institution, Pope tells leader of Italy’s charismatic Catholics
 Cuba’s foreign minister meets with Pontiff
 Pope Leo issues new statutes for Pontifical Academy for Life
 Franciscan friar speaks of climate of fear in the Holy Land
 USCCB president warns of prospect of wider Middle East war, calls for diplomacy, prayer for peace
 Pope exhorts Spanish seminarians to practice the presence of God

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